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US8431085B2
US8431085B2 US12/613,780 US61378009A US8431085B2 US 8431085 B2 US8431085 B2 US 8431085B2 US 61378009 A US61378009 A US 61378009A US 8431085 B2 US8431085 B2 US 8431085B2
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    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
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    • B01F29/63—Mixers with rotating receptacles rotating about a horizontal or inclined axis, e.g. drum mixers with fixed bars, i.e. stationary, or fixed on the receptacle
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  • the present invention relates to material treatment apparatuses and methods. Particular embodiments relate to apparatuses and methods for treating household waste or garbage, for treating material with heat, pressure, or both, or a combination thereof.
  • waste such as household waste
  • an autoclave in which the waste is subjected to steam at suitable pressure and temperature so as to thereby sterilize the waste and make it safe to handle during the subsequent treatment thereof, for example.
  • the processing of waste in an autoclave will also give other benefits.
  • organic material within the waste is broken down by the treatment in the autoclave to form a mass of small cellulose particles.
  • plastic objects may be reduced in size during the processing in the autoclave and labels and printings on packages of metal, glass and plastic may be removed.
  • the mass of cellulose particles may be used for different applications and the remaining waste leaving the autoclave can be sorted in order to remove recyclable matter, as examples.
  • a waste treatment autoclave is previously known from WO 2006/056768 A2, for example.
  • This autoclave comprises a pressure vessel which is rotatable about its longitudinal axis in order to agitate waste received inside the pressure vessel.
  • This known autoclave also comprises an internal helix structure projecting from the inner side of the pressure vessel so as to act on waste received in the pressure vessel as the pressure vessel rotates.
  • Various embodiments provide, for example, as an object or benefit, that they partially or fully address or satisfy one or more of the needs, potential areas for benefit, or opportunities for improvement described herein, or known in the art, as examples.
  • Some embodiments of the invention provide, among other things, various apparatuses and methods for treating materials, for example, that increase the useful life of components, reduce cost of manufacture, increase effectiveness, simplify operation, facilitate formation of a seal on pressure vessels, and the like.
  • Various embodiments provide, for example, as an object or benefit, that they partially or fully treat material, for instance material in the form of waste, under agitation, for instance, at a pressure above or below that of the atmosphere, or a combination thereof, as examples. Benefits of various embodiments of the invention exist over the prior art in these and other areas that may be apparent to a person of ordinary skill in the art having studied this document.
  • the desired agitation of material treated in the pressure vessel is accomplished in an efficient and simple manner without having to rotate the pressure vessel itself.
  • the pressure vessel may consequently be fixed, in various embodiments, which offers several advantages as compared to a rotatably arranged pressure vessel. It is for instance much easier to accomplish a secure and pressure-tight clamping of a door to a fixed pressure vessel as compared to a rotary pressure vessel, owing to the fact that the clamps clamping the door to a fixed pressure vessel do not have to be rotatably arranged. In certain embodiments, this facilitates the use of robust and reliable clamps, which for instance may be hydraulically, pneumatically or electrically actuated, as examples.
  • suitable inlet conduits may be more-easily mounted for steam, compressed air, etc., in a reliable and pressure-tight manner to a fixed pressure vessel as compared to a rotary pressure vessel.
  • the use of a fixed pressure vessel as compared to a rotary pressure vessel may also make it easier to mount suitable heating members to the pressure vessel in order to achieve heating of material received in the pressure vessel, as another example.
  • the drum has an open end projecting through an opening of the pressure vessel, and the door may be arranged to close the opening of the pressure vessel as well as the open end of the drum.
  • This open end of the drum may extend beyond the associated opening of the pressure vessel, so material may be prevented from falling down into the interspace between the pressure vessel and the drum, in some embodiments, when being fed into or discharged out of the inner space of the drum.
  • An apparatus may include a pressure vessel having at least one opening to feed the material into the pressure vessel, a door to close the opening of the pressure vessel, a pressure regulating system to change pressure inside the pressure vessel, and an agitation device to agitate material received in the pressure vessel.
  • the agitation device may include a drum, which may be rotatably arranged inside the pressure vessel, for example, so as to be rotatable in relation to the pressure vessel.
  • the drum may have an inner space for receiving material that is introduced into the pressure vessel via the opening of the pressure vessel, a cylindrical wall, for instance, designed to prevent material received in the inner space of the drum from falling into an interspace between the drum and the pressure vessel as the drum rotates in relation to the pressure vessel, or both, for example.
  • the agitation device may include at least one agitation blade mounted on an inner side of the cylindrical wall of the drum, for instance, so as to act on material received in the inner space of the drum as the drum rotates in relation to the pressure vessel.
  • the apparatus may further include a drive mechanism for rotating the drum in relation to the pressure vessel, for example.
  • At least one agitation blade extends in a helical path along the cylindrical wall of the drum, for instance, or the at least one agitation blade may include a screw-shaped blade, for example.
  • the at least one agitation blade may be arranged to move material received in the inner space of the drum forward away from the opening of the pressure vessel when the drum is rotated by the drive mechanism in a first direction, and the at least one agitation blade may be arranged to move material received in the inner space of the drum backward towards the opening of the pressure vessel when the drum is rotated by the drive mechanism in a second direction opposite the first direction, for instance.
  • the drum has a longitudinal axis and the drum may be arranged with the longitudinal axis extending in a horizontal or at least approximately-horizontal direction.
  • the drum has an open end projecting through the opening of the pressure vessel, and the door may be arranged to close the opening of the pressure vessel as well as the open end of the drum.
  • the door may have a part arranged to extend into the opening at the open end of the drum when the door is closed, for example.
  • the apparatus may include hydraulically, pneumatically or electrically actuated clamps, as examples, for clamping the door to the pressure vessel when the door is closed.
  • the apparatus may include a heater, for instance, to heat material received in the inner space of the drum.
  • the heater may include at least one heating member arranged in the interspace between the drum and the pressure vessel, for example.
  • the apparatus may include a steam supply system to supply steam into the inner space of the drum, for example,
  • the steam supply system may include a steam supply conduit, for instance, extending into the inner space of the drum through an opening at the end of the drum facing away from the opening of the pressure vessel, for example.
  • the drum rests on rollers which may be rotatably mounted inside the pressure vessel, for example.
  • the apparatus comprises an autoclave.
  • the invention also provides various apparatuses for treating material that may include combination of a pressure vessel having at least one opening to feed material into the pressure vessel, a door to close the opening of the pressure vessel, a pressure regulating system to change pressure inside the pressure vessel, a steam supply system to supply steam inside the pressure vessel, an agitation device to agitate material received in the pressure vessel, a drive mechanism to move the agitation device, and a heater inside the pressure vessel to heat material in the pressure vessel, as another example.
  • Some such embodiments may further include a drum to hold the material, for example, which may be located within the pressure vessel, and the drive mechanism may rotate the drum.
  • the agitation device may be located inside the drum, for example.
  • the steam supply system may include a steam supply conduit extending into an inner space of the drum, for example, through an opening at an end of the drum facing away from the opening of the pressure vessel, for instance.
  • the invention also provides various apparatuses for treating material that may include a pressure vessel having at least one opening capable of being used to feed material into the pressure vessel, combined with a door capable of closing the opening of the pressure vessel, and an agitation device capable of agitating material received in the pressure vessel, as examples.
  • the agitation device may include a drum, which may be rotatably arranged inside the pressure vessel so as to be rotatable in relation to the pressure vessel, for example, and which has an inner space capable of receiving material that may be introduced into the pressure vessel via the opening of the pressure vessel.
  • the drum may have a wall capable of preventing material received in the inner space of the drum from falling into an interspace between the drum and the pressure vessel as the drum rotates in relation to the pressure vessel.
  • the agitation device may include at least one agitation blade mounted on an inner side of the wall of the drum so as to act on material received in the inner space of the drum as the drum rotates in relation to the pressure vessel.
  • the apparatus may further include a drive mechanism capable of rotating the drum in relation to the pressure vessel, and the at least one agitation blade may be screw-shaped.
  • such a blade may be arranged to move material received in the inner space of the drum forward away from the opening of the pressure vessel when the drum is rotated by the drive mechanism in a first direction
  • the at least one agitation blade may be arranged to move material received in the inner space of the drum backward towards the opening of the pressure vessel when the drum is rotated by the drive mechanism in a second direction opposite the first direction, for example.
  • such an apparatus may include a steam supply conduit, for example, extending into the inner space of the drum through an opening at an end of the drum facing away from the opening of the pressure vessel. Further, in some such embodiments, the drum rests on rollers which are rotatably mounted inside the pressure vessel, for example.
  • a steam supply conduit for example, extending into the inner space of the drum through an opening at an end of the drum facing away from the opening of the pressure vessel.
  • the drum rests on rollers which are rotatably mounted inside the pressure vessel, for example.
  • FIG. 1 is a partly-cut side view of an apparatus with an inlet arrangement for steam and compressed air shown in a detail enlargement, which is an example of an embodiment
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view along the line II-II in FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view along the line III-III in FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view along the line IV-IV in FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 5 is a side view of a part of the apparatus of FIG. 1 with a closed door;
  • FIG. 6 is a front view of the apparatus of FIG. 1 with the closed door.
  • FIG. 7 is an isometric view of a part of the apparatus of FIG. 1 with the door open.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an apparatus 1 , which is an example of an embodiment for treating material, for instance material in the form of waste (e.g., household garbage).
  • apparatus 1 includes an elongated pressure vessel 2 , which is secured (non-rotating) to a support structure 3 in the form of a frame or a base, as examples.
  • pressure vessel 2 has an opening 4 at one end capable of being used to feed material into and discharge material out of pressure vessel 2 .
  • opening 4 constitutes an inlet opening for material to be treated in the pressure vessel and also an outlet opening for material treated therein.
  • opening 4 is closable by means of pressure-tight door 5 , which in the illustrated example, is hingedly mounted to the pressure vessel 2 via hinge 6 .
  • apparatus 1 includes hydraulically, pneumatically or electrically actuated clamps 10 (see FIGS. 5-7 ), as examples, for clamping door 5 (e.g., tightly enough to form an adequate seal) to pressure vessel 2 when door 5 is in its closed position.
  • clamps 10 may include one, two, or more clamping members 11 distributed about the opening 4 , for example.
  • the respective clamping member 11 has the form of a hook, which may be connected to a piston (e.g., at 12 ) of a hydraulic cylinder so as to be displaceable between a locking position (see FIG. 5 ), in which the clamping member 11 is in engagement with pin 7 extending from door 5 so as to force the rim of the door into pressure-tight engagement with pressure vessel 2 , and an unlocking position (not shown), in which the clamping member 11 is out of engagement with the associated pin 7 so as to allow the door 5 to be moved from its closed position (indicated by continuous lines in FIG. 5 ) to its open position (indicated by broken lines in FIG. 5 ).
  • clamps 10 may be secured to the pressure vessel 2 or to the support structure 3 , as examples. In other embodiments, clamps (e.g., similar to 10 ) may be different than here illustrated.
  • the pressure vessel may be provided with an inlet opening at one end to feed material into the pressure vessel and an outlet opening at the opposite end to discharge material out of the pressure vessel, with a closable door (e.g., similar to door 5 ) at each opening, as another example.
  • a closable door e.g., similar to door 5
  • apparatus 1 further includes an agitation device to agitate, or capable of agitating, material received in the pressure vessel 2 .
  • the agitation device in this embodiment, includes drum 20 (e.g., shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 ), which is rotatably arranged inside pressure vessel 2 so as to be rotatable in relation to the pressure vessel.
  • drum 20 has an inner space 21 capable of receiving material that is introduced into pressure vessel 2 via the opening 4 of the pressure vessel.
  • drum 20 has a cylindrical wall 22 capable of preventing or designed to prevent material received in the inner space 21 of drum 20 from falling into the interspace 23 between drum 20 and pressure vessel 2 as the drum rotates in relation to the pressure vessel.
  • a drum may have a different shape besides cylindrical, such as spherical, conical, or frustoconical, as examples.
  • drum 20 is rotatable about its longitudinal axis and may be arranged, as illustrated, with its longitudinal axis extending in a horizontal or at least essentially horizontal (or approximately horizontal) horizontal direction.
  • a bottom surface of a drum may be horizontal or approximately horizontal, for example.
  • drum 20 rests on rollers 24 , which are rotatably mounted inside the pressure vessel 2 , for example, as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 3 .
  • the rollers 24 are idle rollers arranged in pairs at two or more locations along the drum, for example.
  • drum 20 is rotated in relation to pressure vessel 2 by means of suitable drive mechanism 30 (see FIGS. 1 and 2 ).
  • drive mechanism 30 includes a reversible motor 31 , for instance a hydraulic motor, arranged inside pressure vessel 2 .
  • motor 31 drives a rotatably mounted gearwheel 32 via a gear box or reduction gear 33 .
  • Gear wheel 32 in this embodiment, engages with a gear ring 34 , which is fixedly secured to the outer side of drum 20 and surrounds the drum. The gear ring 34 and thereby the drum 20 , is rotated in the desired direction, in this embodiment, when the gear wheel 32 is put into rotation by the motor 31 .
  • drive mechanism e.g., similar to 30
  • the drum e.g., 20
  • the drum may be rotated by an electric motor, using a chain or belt drive, using a shaft that passes thorough the pressure vessel (e.g., 2 ) wall, or the like, as examples.
  • the agitation device further includes at least one agitation blade 25 mounted along the inner side of the cylindrical wall 22 of drum 20 , for example, so as to act on material received in the inner space 21 of the drum as the drum rotates in relation to the pressure vessel 2 .
  • the agitation blade 25 in this embodiment, is fixed to the cylindrical wall 22 of drum 20 so as to rotate together with the drum and, in the embodiment illustrated, blade 25 extends in a helical path along the cylindrical wall 22 , i.e., in the axial or longitudinal direction of the drum 20 , and is suitably a screw-shaped blade.
  • the agitation blade 25 in the embodiment illustrated, may extend continuously along the cylindrical wall 22 from one end to the other end thereof, for example, or may be divided into separate parts with intermediate gaps, as another example.
  • agitation blade 25 is arranged to move material received in the inner space 21 of drum 20 forward away from the opening 4 of the pressure vessel when the drum 20 is rotated by the drive mechanism 30 in a first direction, and backward towards the opening 4 when drum 20 is rotated by the drive mechanism in a second direction opposite the first direction.
  • drum 20 is rotated in the first direction when material is fed into the inner space 21 of the drum via the opening 4 and in the opposite second direction when the material is to be discharged out of the opening 4 .
  • drum 20 has an open end 26 projecting through the opening 4 of the pressure vessel 2 , as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 7 .
  • this end 26 of the drum extends beyond the corresponding end of the pressure vessel 2 and material may consequently be fed into and discharged out of the inner space 21 of the drum without detrimentally falling down onto the bottom of the pressure vessel 2 .
  • end 26 of drum 20 is suitably tapered towards opening 27 thereof, as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 7 .
  • door 5 is arranged to close or is capable of closing opening 4 of pressure vessel 2 as well as opening 27 of drum 20 and has a part 5 a (shown in FIG. 1 ) arranged to extend into the opening 27 of drum 20 when door 5 is in its closed position.
  • a small gap 28 in the embodiment illustrated, is suitably provided between the rim of opening 27 and door 5 when the door is in its closed position, in the embodiment illustrated, so as to allow drum 20 to rotate freely in relation to the door.
  • a conveyor 40 may be arranged under pressure vessel 2 below opening 27 of drum 20 (see FIG. 5 ) so as to receive material discharged out of the drum and carry this material away, for example, for further processing.
  • material may be screened, sorted, dried, or further treated in another manner, as examples.
  • Treated material may be used to make bio fuels, used as compost, burned as a fuel, or buried in a land fill, as examples.
  • apparatus 1 further includes pressure regulating system 50 (e.g., shown in the detail view of FIG. 1 ) to change or generate a pressure inside pressure vessel 2 , for example, above or below that of the atmosphere.
  • pressure regulating system 50 e.g., shown in the detail view of FIG. 1
  • inner space 21 of drum 20 is in communication (e.g., via gap 28 ) with interspace 23 between the drum and the pressure vessel 2 so as to secure that there is no pressure difference between the inner side and the outer side of the drum.
  • the pressure regulating system 50 may be arranged to generate an overpressure (e.g., a pressure above that of the atmosphere, for example, 70 to 80 pounds per square inch) inside the pressure vessel 2 by feeding compressed air and/or compressed steam into the pressure vessel.
  • pressure regulating system 50 may be arranged to generate vacuum inside the pressure vessel by exhausting air out of the pressure vessel by suction.
  • pressure regulating system 50 may include an air compressor, a source of pressurized steam such as a boiler, a vacuum pump, or a combination thereof, as examples.
  • pressure regulating system 50 may include various piping, conduits, tubing, hoses, control devices, pressure measuring devices, valves, seals, passageways through the wall of the pressure vessel, or a combination thereof, as examples.
  • pressure regulating system 50 includes an air supply conduit 51 extending into the inner space 21 of the drum through a pressure-tight lead-through 52 at the closed end of the pressure vessel 2 and through a central opening 29 at the inner end of the drum 20 , as illustrated in the detail enlargement of FIG. 1 .
  • An air outlet nozzle 53 in the embodiment shown, is provided in the inner space 21 of the drum at the end of the air supply conduit 51 .
  • pressure regulating system 50 may differ.
  • compressed air, steam, or both may be delivered to interspace 23 between drum 20 and pressure vessel 2 , and may enter drum 20 via gap 28 , for instance.
  • apparatus 1 further includes steam supply system 60 , for example, to supply steam into the inner space 21 of drum 20 .
  • steam supply system 60 includes a steam supply conduit 61 extending into the inner space 21 of drum 20 through a pressure-tight lead-through 62 at the closed end of pressure vessel 2 and through opening 29 at the inner end of the drum 20 , as illustrated in the detail enlargement of FIG. 1 .
  • steam outlet nozzle 63 is provided in the inner space 21 of drum 20 at the end of the steam supply conduit 61 .
  • steam supply system 60 may differ.
  • one or several steam outlets may be arranged in pressure vessel 2 , as examples.
  • one or several steam outlets may be arranged in door 5 , for instance.
  • door 5 is provided with such an outlet 8 , for example.
  • steam supply system 60 may also include a steam source, such as a boiler, for example.
  • apparatus 1 further includes heater 70 to heat material received in the inner space 21 of drum 20 .
  • the temperature in the inner space 21 of the drum may be controlled by means of heater 70 so as to achieve a desired temperature level suitable for the material treatment.
  • heater 70 includes heating members 71 (see FIGS. 1 and 4 ) in the form of interconnected water conduits extending along a part of the drum 20 in the interspace 23 between the drum and the pressure vessel 2 .
  • These heating members 71 are connected to a hot water supply (not shown) via a feeding conduit 72 extending through a pressure-tight lead-through 73 in pressure vessel 2 and a return conduit 74 extending through a pressure-tight lead-through 75 in the pressure vessel.
  • heater 70 may contain steam or products of combustion from a remote burner, may be an electrical resistance heater, or may be or include a burner, as other examples.
  • a heater may include heating members or a burner located on the outside of the pressure vessel, for example.
  • the heater may include another suitable type of heating members.
  • apparatus 1 may constitute or comprise an autoclave, particularly an autoclave for treating waste or garbage, for example.
  • apparatus 1 may constitute or comprise an autoclave, particularly an autoclave for treating waste or garbage, for example.
  • the invention is not in any way restricted to the particular embodiments described above. On the contrary, many possibilities to modifications thereof may be apparent to a person with ordinary skill in the art without departing from the basic idea of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

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